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there's hope for us old fellas....

July 2 2011 at 7:13 PM

big daddy  (Login bigdaddy-915)
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ok I'll brag a litte bit here about my dad...today he won his division of the Queen's Cup for the 3rd time in 4 years...its a prestigous sailing trophy on Lake Michigan from Milwaukee to Muskegon, MI...they leave at 5pm & race all night...this year he finished 20th overall out of 185 entries...all the boats ahead of his are strictly stripped down racing boats...my dad's boat is a crusing boat...more like a condo on water than a racer...and dig this...his crew of 7 are all over 70 years old! I'm sure they're well into the victory martini's at the club happy.gif





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De Niro
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Wow!!!

July 2 2011, 8:00 PM 

Big Daddy, HUGE CONGRATS to your father for this victory. And the overall is quite an amazing accomplishment as well.

I'm clueless when it comes to boating or sailing, but this is awesome.

VERY cool!!!!!

 
 

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Re: there's hope for us old fellas....

July 2 2011, 8:02 PM 

Congrats to your dad big daddy. Did you wheel him on top?
Steve

 
 


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Re: there's hope for us old fellas....

July 2 2011, 8:24 PM 

Would make a nice fishin' boat...lol...

 
 

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Re: there's hope for us old fellas....

July 3 2011, 12:04 AM 

Does he do the Mackinac(sp) race?

 
 

big daddy
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Re: there's hope for us old fellas....

July 3 2011, 3:09 AM 

he does...in the cruising division for this race.....last year the boat was hit by lightning about 12 hours out....had to pull out & limp back to his base.....hoping for better luck this year

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Re: there's hope for us old fellas....

July 3 2011, 10:04 AM 

Congrats to Big Daddy Sr. There are some good sailors on the lake. Nice boat.

 
 


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Re: there's hope for us old fellas....

July 3 2011, 10:39 AM 

Hopefully, Sr. has taken a nice crew on board...

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'shoes
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Re: there's hope for us old fellas....

July 3 2011, 11:02 AM 

that's an amazing accomplishment. Congrats BD Sr.!


'shoes

 
 

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Re: there's hope for us old fellas....

July 3 2011, 11:19 PM 

Safe sailing in the Mac for POPS!

 
 

Dell Yount
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Re: there's hope for us old fellas....

July 4 2011, 10:23 AM 

There ia a runner going today @ Parx that might just be the kind of longshot
that Big Daddy's Daddy might be interested in playin'... just sayin'. wink.gif

Please pass along my congratulations to your Dad... AHOY FROM CALIFORNIA!

 
 
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